The Fulfillment Project: Prioritizing Physical Health

Kickstart Your Year of Fulfillment: Prioritizing Physical Health

Welcome to the first installment of the Fulfillment Project blog series! Over the next 12 months, we'll dive deep into a different life category each month, starting with Physical Health this January.

This series is designed to help you (and your clients, if you're a coach or helper) boost life fulfillment by tackling key areas one by one.

Here's what you can expect in each post:

• Actionable insights and resources: No fluff here, just practical advice you can implement right away.
• Tried-and-true tools: I'll share my personal recommendations for products and resources that have actually worked for me.
• Behind-the-scenes with Tracy and me: Get a glimpse into our lives and how we apply these principles.
• Self-reflection prompts: Questions to help you dig deeper and personalize your fulfillment journey.
• Expert interview: Gain valuable insights from a leading voice in the field.

Why Physical Health First?

It's simple: your physical health is the foundation for everything else. When you feel good in your body, you have more energy, focus, and resilience to pursue your goals and live a fulfilling life.

Ready to get started?

This month, we'll explore practical strategies for improving your physical health, from nutrition and exercise to sleep and stress management. I'll also share some of my favorite tools and resources to help you along the way.

Stay tuned for an inspiring interview with a fulfillment focus expert, and don't forget to check out the behind-the-scenes look at my own journey with Tracy at the end of the post!

Let's make this year your most fulfilling yet!

Welcome to the first chapter of the Fulfillment Project blog series!

In each month, over the next 12 months, I’ll highlight a specific life category - this month it's Physical Health.

The ultimate goal, is to help you (and your clients - for those of you in the biz of helping others) raise life fulfillment in each of these critical life categories, by taking one category at a time.   

In each post, you will find:

• Practical insights and resources. 
• Recommended tools of month (that I've actually tested).
• Behind the scenes perspective and pictures from Tracy and I (at the very end).
• Self-reflection questions.
• A fulfillment focus expert interview.

If you read this and apply it, you will raise your life fulfillment. 

We’re kicking off January with the fulfillment focus of physical health. 

Please enjoy and get the most value by having a pen and paper near by.

Physical Health

Let’s start with an honest question:

 Taking into account your age, stage of life, and any medical constraints, how would you describe your ideal physical health?

How far is the gap between where you are today and where you’d ideally like to be?

Let's explore the fundamental roles that beliefs, vision, capability, commitment, and environment play in closing the gap between your current state and your ideal vision of physical health......

1. Beliefs

"Whether you believe you can or believe you can’t, you’re right."

Most failed attempts to improve physical health stem from a core issue in your self-talk—which is fed by your core beliefs. Without core beliefs that support you, no strategy, machine, diet, or program will sustain long-term success. So, the question is: Are your beliefs creating internal self-talk that supports you?

• What do you truly believe about your ability to create the physical health you desire?

Are these beliefs empowering or limiting? When you can fully adopt the beliefs that support your success and find a way to remove the ones that don't, you are poised to finally create the lifestyle and habits that support your success.

Pro Tip: If you are wondering if your current self-talk is healthy or not, when you listen to it, notice your tone? Is that tone loving and supporting you?

2. Vision

"If you don’t know what you want, any path will take you there."

Do you have a vivid and inspiring vision of your ideal physical health? Without it, it’s easy to drift without direction, abandon without cause, and get off course without concern.

• Reflection: Clarity in your vision allows for decisive action and adjustments when needed. When you have clarity, you can align your actions and set your commitments with more ease and focus. So, what is it that YOU really want?

Vision without belief often leads to starts and stops, short bursts of motivation, and eventual frustration. When belief aligns with vision, you are now positioned for accelerated success. Notice how #1 – Belief and #2 – Vision depend on one another.

3. Capability

The amazing thing about capability is that you can always grow it.

• If you already have the skills or knowledge, start now—and share what you’ve learned with others.

• If you don’t have the capability yet, surround yourself with people, resources, and training that will elevate you to the level your vision requires.

• Start Now: Identify one skill or resource you could develop this month to move closer to your ideal physical health. Pick the one that will have the greatest impact on your vision, and schedule time to focus on it. 

4. Commitment

Commitment is under siege in today’s world of endless distractions designed to pull us away from meaningful action.

Even if you know what you want, believe you can achieve it, and have the capability… execution is the key to making it happen.

• Question: What specific, consistent actions can you commit to this month to move the needle on your physical health?

• KEEP IT SIMPLE: You don’t need a 64-point plan. All you need is to focus on the very next step—that’s it. Let go of having all the answers (YOU DON’T AND NEVER WILL); and celebrate each step you take.

• Start Now: What's the very next step you commit to for your physical health?  Write it now, schedule it, and keep that commitment. 

5. Environment

"You become the average of the five people you spend the most time with."

Your environment—the people, systems, and physical surroundings—plays a crucial role in success.

• Look around. Does your environment support or hinder your health goals?

• Remember: You become the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Who are they? Do they uplift you? Are they congruent with your ideal vision?

• Start Now: Think of at least one person that would serve you to spend more time with; text them right now, and set your calendar to support your success. 

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